17.5

Sanskrit · Devanagari

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः। दम्भाहंकारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ

Know those to be of demoniac convictions, who practise fierce penance not ordained by scripture who are full of ostentatiousness and egoism, and of desire, attachment, and stubbornness

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